| 释义 |
*street /strit; striːt/
n [C]
1 a road in a town or city with houses, shops etc on one or both sides 街，街道:
What street do you live on? 你住在哪一条街上？
the corner of Main Street and 4th Avenue 大街和第四大道交叉的街角
2 streets ahead BrE informal much better than someone or something else 【英，非正式】 比…好得多:
The Scandinavian countries are streets ahead when it comes to welfare services. 斯堪的纳维亚各国在福利服务上远远超过其他国家。
3 be right up your street informal to be the kind of subject that you are very interested in, or the kind of job that you are very suitable for 【非正式】 〔主题〕正合某人兴趣; 〔工作〕正好适合某人
→ see also 另见 the man in the street (MAN¹)
USAGE NOTE 用法说明: street and 和 road
A street is in a town or city and usually has shops and buildings. street 在镇上或城里，两边多有商店和建筑:
narrow winding streets 弯弯曲曲的狭窄街道
A road can either be in the town or the country, and usually leads to another town or another part of a town. road 在镇上或乡间，一般通往另一个城镇或镇上的另一个地区:
the main road to the North 通往北方的要道
Take the second road on the left. 走左边第二条路。 |